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National Spelling Bee winner takes the guerdon

The top speller in the Scripps National Spelling Bee was 13-year-old Sameer Mishra of West Lafayette, Ind. His winning word: guerdon, meaning a reward. The last of three California finalists, Tia Thomas of Coarsegold, near Yosemite National Park, made it as far as the 13th of 16 rounds.

See more about the bee here. You can read more about Sameer here and see all the preposterously obscure words he correctly spelled here.

-- Mitchell Landsberg

Posted by Mitchell Landsberg on May 31, 2008 in Current Affairs , Education , Schools , Students , Television | Permalink
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Just a small little side story for a feat that should be at par with the accomplishments of Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, Bobby Fischer, etc. Shame on LA Times, a newspaper I always enjoyed when I lived in California. What a shame?

Posted by: Sam | May 31, 2008 at 12:42 PM

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